The Slender Girl (1896) is set in Lechaina, a small village in the prefecture of Ileia. The titular character is inspired by the object of Andreas Karkavitsas’s own frustrated yearnings as an adolescent.
The play follows the burgeoning romance of Anthi Strimmenou, the daughter of a grocer, and Georgios Vranas, a young carriage driver. Her father, though, has other ideas; wishing to ensure his own prosperity and the security of his shop, he resolves to marry off his daughter to his devious employee, Nikolos. Georgios suggests running away together so that Anthi can avoid the fate that awaits her, but she refuses. She weds Nikolos, and shortly afterwards, her rejected suitor find solace with another young woman in the village and makes her his wife. Married life changes Anthi and she goes from being a young woman in love to a disappointed spouse. However, the arrival of a baby transforms the relationship with her husband and leads her to devote herself fully to her new role.
The end of Karkavitsa's story can be read either as endorsing comprise or as lamenting acquiescence. Exploring the boundaries between the two, the production aims, through a collage of memories, to reframe the life of a woman whose destiny has always been circumscribed by the gaze of society. The play examines Anthi’s unacknowledged desires and fears, her doubts about her choices, and her opportunities for self-determination, leading us to question how a person's future is decided.
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General Admission| €14
Experimental Stage-Emerging Artists - REX THEATRE- STAGE "KATINA PAXINOU"
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Sunday | 21.00
Saturday | 18:00 & 21:00
Duration: 95'
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creation team
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Irene Moundraki
Adaptation, production dramaturg -
Irene Lamprinopoulou
Director -
Vasilis Apostolatos
Set and lighting design -
Ioanna Plessa
Costume design -
Dimitris Lolis
Music, lyrics -
Thomais Stavrianou-Zymaritou
Movement -
Marialena Ilia
Artistic associate -
Anna Filidou
Directing assistant -
Ellie Spendou
Set design assistant -
Natalie Paulopoulou
Costume design assistant
cast
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Maria Manto Giannikou
Pagona, Narrator -
Dafni Drakopoulou
Vasiliki Kainouriou, Narrator -
Vasilis Karaboulas
Panagiotis Strimmenos, Narrator -
Konstantinos Sevdalis
Nikolos Pikopoulos, Narrator -
Thanos Triantafyllou
Giorgis Vranas, Narrator -
Maria Tsima
Panagiotaina Strimmenou, Anthi Strimmenou, -
Danai-Arsenia Filidou
Anthi Strimmenou,(The Slender girl), Narrator